<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63682]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,  But will suspect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,  But will suspect 'twas he that made the slaughter?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20138]]></link><description><![CDATA[As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10438]]></link><description><![CDATA[When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is feeling a tremendous amount of disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32786]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is feeling a tremendous amount of disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery is almost always the result of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery is almost always the result of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think: many do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think: many do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8974]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth. With friends there is not such a word as debt:  Where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth. With friends there is not such a word as debt:  Where amity is ty'd with band of truth,   All benefits are there in common set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a heart with room for every joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19028]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a heart with room for every joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. [Lat., De vitiis nostris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60494]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. [Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My job is to stop the run. Our goal, believe it or not, was to hold (Mon Williams) to zero ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39039]]></link><description><![CDATA[My job is to stop the run. Our goal, believe it or not, was to hold (Mon Williams) to zero or negative yards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64652]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25394]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's plenty of boys that will come hankering and gruvvelling around when you've got an apple, and beg the core ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's plenty of boys that will come hankering and gruvvelling around when you've got an apple, and beg the core off you; but when they're got one, and you beg for the core, and remind them how you give them a core one time, they take a mouth at you, and say thank you 'most to death, but there ain't a-going to be no core.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't let him [Smith] out of the pocket. We got a good push up the field. He wasn't going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37431]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't let him [Smith] out of the pocket. We got a good push up the field. He wasn't going to run anywhere. That is pretty much what we did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39652]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's our company's duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased that utility commissions in Wyoming and Utah have approved the transaction. We appreciate the efforts of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35985]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased that utility commissions in Wyoming and Utah have approved the transaction. We appreciate the efforts of all parties to the proceedings working together to reach agreements that are fair and equitable to all stakeholders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5484]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48393]]></link><description><![CDATA[A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11717]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65086]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe May 26 would be a great opportunity for promoting Georgia as the cradle of wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe May 26 would be a great opportunity for promoting Georgia as the cradle of wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you seek it, you cannot find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21840]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you seek it, you cannot find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology in general, instead of acting as a beacon-light to guide the people of God, the laity, as they confront ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology in general, instead of acting as a beacon-light to guide the people of God, the laity, as they confront the problems of living for Christ in the world, has for generations been taking refuge in an ever more minute study of Christian origins. Theology is less and less about God and God's world, and more and more a department of ancient history, absorbed in minute details of historical and literary criticism. The whole business is wildly out of proportion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus when a barber and collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier--white;  The dusty collier heaves his ponderous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus when a barber and collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier--white;  The dusty collier heaves his ponderous sack,   And, big with vengeance, beats the barber--black.    In comes the brick-dust man, with grime o'er spread,     And beats the collier and the barber--red;      Black, red, and white, in various clouds are toss'd,       And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45587]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17576]]></link><description><![CDATA[While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29900]]></link><description><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29900</guid></item></channel></rss>